Tag: Alice Corp
Federal Circuit Strikes Down USAA’s Mobile Check Deposit Patent as Ineligible Abstract Idea
June 12, 2025
United Servs. Auto. Ass’n v. PNC Bank N.A Authored by: Jeremy J. Gustrowsky In a significant decision for financial technology patents, the Federal Circuit reversed a lower court’s ruling and found that United Services Automobile Association’s (USAA) patent on mobile…
Read MoreStudy Shows that Recent Guidance Documents Published by USPTO Regarding Subject Matter Eligibility are Proving Effective in Reducing Uncertainty
June 18, 2020
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) recently published a study titled “Adjusting to Alice” that provides the results of an examination of patent examination outcomes after the Supreme Court’s decision in Alice. This study found that recent efforts…
Read MoreSoftware Patentability v.2.0.1.6: A Review of 2016 Federal Circuit Opinions
January 19, 2017
The January patent prosecution practice luncheon included a discussion of highlights from 2016 Federal Circuit opinions that addressed the patentability of software inventions. Although the Federal Circuit continued its trend of invalidating most of the software patents it reviewed, several…
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